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Tobacco Companies actively market a highly addictive and lethal product and have done so for many years here in the United States and abroad Their lack of ethics and social responsibility in the business world are apparent in documentation brought to light during lawsuits against them in recentyears The desire for profit and expansion rather than a concern for societal health has dictated big tobacco company operations These wealthy world powers continue to exercise unethical business practices in their approach to conducting business at a great communal and economic cost to societies worldwideEthics may be defined as a collection of moral principles and values regarding right and wrong that control individual and group behavior Standards for ethical behavior and decisions arise from those moral principles and values An individual or group may benefit or harm others in society Human behavior may be categorized in one of three ways codified law free choice or ethics Laws enforced by the government provide values and standards society must obey Free choice exists at the other end of the spectrum and provides complete freedom to pursue self-interests No laws restrict free choice behaviors Ethics occupies the zone between codified law and free choice Society has shared beliefs and values used to dictate acceptable behavior Ethical decisions are legally and morally approved by society Daft 25Tobacco companies produce a product for society desire and they make a profit doing so They also satisfy legal responsibilities and obey laws although their political influence has frequently slanted the government process in their favor financially Problems arise for tobacco companies when only law or free choice controls decision-making Although producing and selling tobacco is legal the business is not automatically ethical and does not benefit society as a whole The positive effects of jobs within the tobacco industry are outweighed by the negative social health and economic costs to societyCurrently some tobacco companies are exercising discretionary responsibility by voluntary social contributions such as

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